Global Supply Chain Strategies - IIEI-412
Course Description: Building upon concepts learned in earlier logistics related courses, this six-week course adds more depth and complexity as it examines the concept of the integrated global supply chain—the borderless flow of materials, both raw and processed, information and resources that support performance of organizations competing in the global marketplace. The main elements within the supply chain that link members of the supply chain are explored as a means of developing a strategy whereby global efficiencies can be leveraged for comparative advantage. A formal global supply chain strategy is developed by students to demonstrate their understanding of course concepts to real-life situations.
Prerequisite: 21st Century Logistics (IIEI-202) and Warehousing (IIEI-379)
Course Credit: 3 Credit Hours
Major Course Topics & Course Outcomes
As a result of the group and individual activities included in this course, the student will acquire the following knowledge and skills that can be applied to the workplace:
Role of Logistics
- Define logistics within the context of the global supply chain
- Understand the evolutionary processes of logistics and supply chain management
Logistics Performance, Cost and Value Measures
- Identify the financial measures of logistics performance
- Access the productivity measures of logistical performance
- Determine the value of logistics performance using gap analysis
Inventory Planning and Management
- Gain an understanding of inventory management fundamentals
- Perform inventory activity profiling, measurement and forecasting
- Access and develop an inventory control policy
- Evaluate elements of an inventory management system
Supply Management
- Determine specifications for inventory based on supply activity profiling
- Comprehend the basics of suppler sourcing
- Apply the tenets of supplier integration and relationship management
Transportation and Distribution Management
- Apply the basic fundamentals of transportation management to the global supply chain
- Identify the key transportation performance measures
- Design a logistics transportation network
- Recognize the key elements in yard, fleet and container management
Warehousing Operations
- Measure warehouse performance
- Perform warehouse activity profiling
- Design warehouse management systems
Logistics and Supply Chain Information Systems
- Demonstrate knowledge about logistics information systems
- Access warehousing data needs
Logistics Organization and Development
- Evaluate global supply chain issues
Global Supply Chain Strategies
- Develop global supply chain solutions based logistic demands
Course Materials:
There are textbooks required for this course. However, all of the materials from the prerequisite courses should be used as deemed necessary by the student in completing this plan. You can obtain any materials you need from your favorite book store or the IIEI Store Online.
- Supply Chain Strategy Frazzelle, E.H., McGraw-Hill, Boston, MA 2002. ISBN 0-07-137599-6
Texts from prerequisite courses that are required materials for this course:
- World-Class Warehousing and Material Handling Frazelle, Edward H., McGraw-Hill, 2002. ISBN 0-07-137600-3
- Designing and Managing the Supply Chain. Simchi-Levi, David, Philip Kaminsky, and Edith Simchi-Levi. Irwin/McGraw-Hill: San Francisco, 2000.
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